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Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov
| Sep 30, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Interpretation & Development, Other Bodies of Law
Deficiencies and Ambiguities of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Touted as an effort to “reframe the debate on nuclear weapons,” the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has currently accumulated 66 ratifications, a little over a year...
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Françoise Hampson
| Jul 5, 2022 | Accountability, AoW Posts, Blog, Compliance, Human Rights, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
How Human Rights Law Bodies Handle Situations of Armed Conflict and Human Rights Law This is the second of two posts dealing with aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and Human Rights Law (HRsL). HRsL bodies have long dealt with cases...
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Françoise Hampson
| Jul 1, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Human Rights, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict
The Relationship Between the Law of Armed Conflict and International Human Rights Law This is the first of two posts on two specific aspects of the relationship between the law of armed conflict (LOAC) and international human rights law (HRsL). This post deals with...
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Michael N. Schmitt
| Jun 27, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Policy, Weapons Law
Déjà Vu: International Landmine Law and the New U.S. Landmine Policy Following a “comprehensive policy review,” the Biden Administration announced significant changes to U.S. Anti-Personnel Landmine (APL) policy on June 21, 2022. The new policy reverses most aspects...
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Mateusz Piatkowski
| Jun 21, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, History of LOAC, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Military Markings and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles The duty to distinguish oneself from non-combatants and civilians (e.g., by wearing a uniform or distinctive emblem) is a characteristic of every domain of warfare, including the aerial environment. In naval and air...
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Raul (Pete) Pedrozo
| May 31, 2022 | AoW Posts, Blog, Interpretation & Development, Law of Armed Conflict, Law of Neutrality, Ukraine-Russia Symposium
Ukraine Symposium – Is the Law of Neutrality Dead? The 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict has rekindled the debate about the validity of qualified neutrality during an international armed conflict. The concept is sometimes also referred to as benevolent neutrality....
